From Salt Area To County:The Salt Affair Of Northern Jiangsu And Dongtai Country During Qing Dynasty

The increase of the new county is the remarkable manifestation of the regional economic development.By examining the new development of the grassroots district and county,we can further analyze the complicated changes of the micro-level in the local management,economic development and geographical environment of the Qing Dynasty,and explore the administrative divisions To adjust the interaction with the local control of the court.The development of the salt industry in northern Jiangsu and the acceleration of the eastward trend of the sea,led to the prosperity of the salt industry in Taizhou.With the eastward trend of the sea,the salt field in Taizhou(mainly distributed in the front line of Fan Gongdi)through the "shift Pavilion on the halogen" was sustainable development,and in the Qing Dynasty Qianlong reached its peak.With the prosperity of salt industry,salt field litigation problem also increased,but the expansion of the territory,the salt eastward move makes the Taizhou government office constantly away from the salt field,invisible to increase the difficulty of governance,and gradually lose control of the coastal areas of effective control The So,the Qing court by adding water to know and increase the salt field ambassadors to deal with the power of salt litigation to share the pressure of Taizhou know the state,but with the knowledge and field ambassador is not "printed official",no right to handle life,Can not fundamentally solve the problem of numerous litigation in Taizhou.At this time,coastal areas of salt areas continue to intensify the contradictions,people have asked to set up the county.East Taiwan home county gradually mature.Qianlong four years(1739)to the Qianlong thirty-one years(1766),Yangzhou prefect,Dongtai water knowledge,Taizhou know the state has to "a lot of litigation,wide and difficult to cure" on the grounds of Jiangsu governor,But no results.Qianlong twenty-nine years(1764),Gao Jin served as governor of the two rivers,took office within three years,"Suzhou House with the success of the case of deficit" and "called the soul cut braid case",Gao Jin due to ineffective case was Emperor Qianlong Mission Shen ordered,and repeatedly criticized the Jiangsu government officials have been waiting for a long time,requiring Gao Jin strict rectification.In the court to rectify the requirements of the Jiangsu provincial officials,Gao Qian Qianlong thirty-two years in July to the Emperor Qianlong on the "play for the drama area Taizhou urge to add county management to capital management" title Taizhou sub-county,soon Will be approved by the Emperor Qianlong.Qianlong thirty-three years(1768),Dongtai formal home county.After the release of the county policy,Dongtai and Taizhou also faced with the division of territory,money and grain,accounts and other sub-county affairs,in the process,Taizhou in a dominant position,complete control of the sub-county matters.East Taiwan is also in talks with Taizhou,the game was completed under the county,so that the county process for several years.In addition,the county ordered the release,the court also decided to further determine the Dongtai magistrate candidates,improve the configuration of the two servants,and the construction of county government and other related institutions.In this process,the governor of the two rivers asked Dongtai magistrate candidates,by the emperor and the Ministry of Personnel to decide,but also the performance of the Qing Dynasty in the personnel system and the relevant provisions of the operation,showing the Qing Dynasty unique governor and the central relationship,Local relationship.But also reflects the Qing Dynasty in the process of establishing a new county to seek local conditions to achieve with the least human,material and financial resources to achieve the effect of well-controlled.Dongtai County to solve the Taizhou "wide and difficult to rule,litigation" problem,coastal salt field to be controlled.But then,has created a new problem,which will continue to plague the development of the new county.So Dongtai County seems simple,in fact,in the process of establishing is quite complex.This paper tries to discuss the causes of Dongtai County from different angles and analyze the whole process of the county,clarify its relationship with Taizhou,the relevant stakeholders in the process of county construction,and some problems arising from the construction of the county.